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Mr. Richard Lyle Knowlton served as Chief Executive Officer of Hormel Foods Corporation from 1979 to 1993 and served as its President 1979 to 1992. Mr. Knowlton has been the Chairman of the Hormel Foundation since 1995. He serves as Chairman Emeritus of The Horatio Alger Association Inc. He served as the Chairman of the Board of Hormel Foods Corporation from 1979 to 1995. He has been a Director of The Horatio Alger Association Inc. since 1992. He serves as an Emeritus ... public Trustee of Mayo Clinic (formerly known as Mayo Clinic Rochester). He has been a Director of University of CO Leeds School of Business since 2001. Mr. Knowlton has been an Advisory Board Director of Mayo Laboratory Services , since 2004. He served as an Independent Non-executive Director of FutureFuel Corp., from January 25, 2007 to August 2012. He serves as Emeritus Public Trustee of Mayo Clinic Health System New Prague. He serves as a Trustee of Eisenhower Medical Center, Inc. He served as a Director of ING America Insurance Holdings, Inc. from 2000 to 2005. He served as a Director of Mayo Foundation, and Perth Corp. He served as a Director of Hormel Foods Corp. Mr. Knowlton served as a Director of ReliaStar Financial Corp. since 1988 and Supervalu Inc. from 1994 to June 15, 2005. He serves as a Member of the Advisory Board at Leeds School Of Business (University of Colorado Leeds School of Business).

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